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LAING, David
(About 1740-)
ANDERSON, Barbara
(About 1745-)
GORDON, William
(About 1730-1793)
CHRISTIE, Elizabeth
(About 1735-)
LAING, William
(1768-)
GORDON, Margaret
(1764-)
LAING, Major Alexander Gordon Explorer
(1793-1826)

 

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LAING, Major Alexander Gordon Explorer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

  • Born: 27 December 1793, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
  • Died: 26 September 1826, Timbuctoo, Africa 1 2 3 6 8

   Another name for Major was LAING, Alexn Gordon.9

   User ID: SP438.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Baptism, 31 December 1793, Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. 4 7

2. Military, 11 March 1813. 5 9


Sources

1 Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2010 Place:Provo, UT, USA), London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 739.

2 Ancestry.com, Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 11; Page: 399.

3 Ancestry.com, Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2009 Place:Provo, UT, USA), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 2608036.

4 Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

5 Ancestry.com, UK, Regimental Registers of Service, 1756-1900 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2012 Place:Lehi, UT, USA), The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Class Number: WO 25; Class Title: York Light Infantry; Piece Number: 686; Piece Title: York Light Infantry.

6 Ancestry.com, Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 2608036.

7 Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. Date:2014 Place:Provo, UT, USA).

8 Ancestry.com, Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Gale Research Company; Detroit, Michigan; Accession Number: 706187.

9 Ancestry.com, UK, Regimental Registers of Service, 1756-1900 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), The National Archives; Kew, Surrey, England; Class Number: WO 25; Class Title: York Light Infantry; Piece Number: 686; Piece Title: York Light Infantry.

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